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Wash. Rev. Code § 26.52.070 (2026)

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(1) Whenever a foreign protection order is granted to a person entitled to protection and the person under restraint knows of the foreign protection order, a violation of a provision prohibiting the person under restraint from contacting or communicating with another person, or of a provision excluding the person under restraint from a residence, workplace, school, or day care, or of a provision prohibiting a person from knowingly coming within, or knowingly remaining within, a specified distance of a location, a protected party's person, or a protected party's vehicle, or a violation of any provision for which the foreign protection order specifically indicates that a violation will be a crime, is punishable under RCW 7.105.450.
(2) A peace officer shall arrest without a warrant and take into custody a person when the peace officer has probable cause to believe that a foreign protection order has been issued of which the person under restraint has knowledge and the person under restraint has violated a provision of the foreign protection order that prohibits the person under restraint from contacting or communicating with another person, or a provision that excludes the person under restraint from a residence, workplace, school, or day care, or of a provision prohibiting a person from knowingly coming within, or knowingly remaining within, a specified distance of a location, a protected party's person, or a protected party's vehicle, or a violation of any provision for which the foreign protection order specifically indicates that a violation will be a crime. Presence of the order in the law enforcement computer-based criminal intelligence information system is not the only means of establishing knowledge of the order.
[ 2021 c 215 s 145; 2000 c 119 s 26; 1999 c 184 s 9.]

Notes:

Effective date—2022 c 268; 2021 c 215: See note following RCW 7.105.900.
Application—2000 c 119: See note following RCW 10.31.100.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2 cases, 2006–2006 · leading case: State v. Esquivel, 132 P.3d 751 (Wash. Ct. App. 2006).
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State v. Esquivel, 132 P.3d 751 (Wash. Ct. App. 2006). · cites it 4× “Examining the plain terms of the statute, this provision, like RCW 26.52.070, provides that the person under restraint pursuant to a foreign order, and who knows of the order, is subject to punishment for a violation of any acts listed in RCW 26.”
State v. Esquivel, 132 P.3d 751 (Wash. Ct. App. 2006). · cites it 3× “) This provision is not ambiguous and is similar to RCW 26.52.070 because only foreign protection orders are discussed.”
— Wash. Rev. Code § 26.52.070(1) — 2 cases
State v. Esquivel, 132 P.3d 751 (Wash. Ct. App. 2006). “Examining the plain terms of the statute, this provision, like RCW 26.52.070, provides that the person under restraint pursuant to a foreign order, and who knows of the order, is subject to punishment for a violation of any acts listed in RCW 26.”
State v. Esquivel, 132 P.3d 751 (Wash. Ct. App. 2006). “) This provision is not ambiguous and is similar to RCW 26.52.070 because only foreign protection orders are discussed.”
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